Alasdair Macleod

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Post-tariff considerations

17/05/2019(0)
  President Trump has declared he will extend tariffs of 25% on all America’s imports of Chinese goods. China is responding with tariff increases of its own. The consequences ... Read More
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Cyber wars and all that

03/05/2019(0)
  Behind the Huawei story, we must not forget there is a wider financial war being waged by America against China and Russia. Stories about China’s banks being short ... Read More
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The US Government Debt Crisis

02/05/2019(0)
  This article explains why the US Government is ensnared in a debt trap from which there is no escape. Its finances are spiralling out of control. In the ... Read More
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Currencies threatened by a credit crisis

15/02/2019(0)
In this article I draw attention to the similarities between the current economic situation and that of 1929, and the threat to today’s unbacked currencies. There is the coincidence ... Read More
World-currencies

Trade wars – a catalyst for economic crisis

01/02/2019(0)
In my last article I used a proven accounting identity to show that the end result of President Trump’s trade tariffs would be to increase the trade deficit, assuming ... Read More
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The Tragedy Of The Euro

11/01/2019(0)
  After two decades, the euro’s minders look set to drive the Eurozone into deep trouble. December was the last month of the ECB’s monthly purchases of government debt. ... Read More
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Markets are all about flows

08/01/2019(0)
  This article looks at prospective supply and demand factors for financial assets in the New Year and beyond. Investors should take into account money flowing into and out ... Read More
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The Arrival Of The Credit Crisis

02/01/2019(0)
Those of us who closely follow the credit cycle should not be surprised by the current slide in equity markets. It was going to happen anyway. The timing had ... Read More
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Time Is Money, Money Is Time

21/12/2018(0)
  Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. -Macbeth Our limited time, our ... Read More
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Why China should remove all trade tariffs

10/12/2018(0)
  I am a Tariff Man. When people or countries come in to raid the great wealth of our Nation, I want them to pay for the privilege of ... Read More
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